Service fraternities and sororities
Service fraternity may refer to any fraternal public service organization, such as the Kiwanis or Rotary International. In Canada and the United States, the term fraternal organization is more common as "fraternity" in everyday usage refers to fraternal student societies.
In the context of the North American student fraternity and sorority system, service fraternities and service sororities comprise a type of organization whose primary purpose is community service. Members of these organizations are not restricted from joining other types of fraternities. This may be contrasted with professional fraternities, whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession, and general or social fraternities, whose primary purposes are generally aimed towards some other aspect, such as the development of character, friendship, leadership, or literary ability.
Some general fraternities and their chapters, especially members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, emphasize the service aspects of their activities; however classification as a strictly service organization has legal meaning in regard to Title IX. Service fraternities, like professional fraternities and honor societies must be open to members of both genders since they do not have an exemption from Title IX similar to the one given in section (A)(6)(a) for social fraternities and sororities.[1]
List of national college service fraternities and sororities[]
This list only includes groups within the United States; see below for groups of the Philippines.
Organization | Symbol | Description |
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Alpha Phi Omega | ΑΦΩ | coed national fraternity (with independent organizations in United States, the Philippines, Canada, and Australia) |
Epsilon Sigma Alpha | ΕΣΑ | coed international sorority |
Epsilon Tau Pi | ΕΤΠ | national Eagle Scout fraternity, recently coed |
Gamma Sigma Sigma | ΓΣΣ | national sorority, males admitted, primarily female |
Omega Phi Alpha | ΩΦΑ | national sorority, primarily females, anyone admitted |
SPURS National Honor Society | defunct (October 2005) coed national, primarily female [2] |
List of local/regional college service fraternities and sororities[]
This list only includes groups within the United States; see below for groups of the Philippines.
Organization | Symbol | Description |
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Alpha Delta | ΑΔ | small national, strictly male, founded by Alpha Phi Omega chapters at Drexel University, Duquesne University and University of Maine[3] |
fraternity | ΑΤΜ | coed regional, founded at Tuskegee University on September 2, 2009, Beta chapter at Auburn University on April 21, 2014 [4] |
sorority | ΓΠΑ | local, strictly female, founded at Tuskegee University in 1994 |
Service Sorority | ΔΧΓ | local, strictly female, founded at Virginia Tech in May 2014 [5] |
sorority | ΔΝΖ | strictly female, founded at Florida State University on December 12, 2003, Beta chapter at University of Florida on December 12, 2012 [6] |
Service Sorority | ΚΔΤ | local, strictly female, founded at Eastern Kentucky University in 1963 [7] |
ΦΔ | local, strictly female, founded at Truman University in 2006[8] | |
fraternity | ΡΠΑ | local, strictly male, founded at Tuskegee University in 1993 (defunct), Beta chapter at Michigan State University (defunct), Gamma chapter at Savannah State University {active}[9] |
sorority | ΖΘΠ | Mostly female, founded at Central Michigan University, Beta chapter at University of Illinois[10] |
List of primarily non-collegiate fraternities and sororities[]
Organization | Symbol | Description | ||||||||||||
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha | ΕΣΑ | international service organization (coed collegiate division also exists) | ||||||||||||
Independent Order of Odd Fellows | IOOF | non-collegiate international service fraternity for men and women whether professional or college students | ||||||||||||
Lambda Beta Alpha | ΛΒΑ | non-collegiate national military sorority for active duty, retired, and honorably discharged veteran women | ||||||||||||
Mu Beta Phi | ΜΒΦ | non-collegiate national military fraternity for active duty, retired, and honorably discharged veteran men
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List of national college service fraternities and sororities in the Philippines[]
References[]
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- Fraternities and sororities
- Lists of student societies
- Service organizations based in the United States